My MacBook is incorrectly recognizing fresh DVDs as needing to be erased before use, and then announces that this disc cannot be erased.  How to correct?

My MacBook is incorrectly recognizing fresh DVDs as needing to be erased before use, and then announces that this disc cannot be erased.  How to correct?

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